Chapter 40: The Secret of Jingxiang

Everyone knows how important Xiangfan is, after all, they have read the Longzhong Plan cited by the light curtain.

But I didn't expect Xiangfan to be so important that a dynasty in the future would need to rely on it to survive!

"What does the thirteen consecutive defeats mean?" Mi Zhu was very confused about this.

Zhuge Liang had some guesses: "Since the thirteen consecutive defeats have led to the exhaustion of the main force of the Southern Song Dynasty, the power of a country, millions of soldiers, I am afraid that every battle will be bloody!"

"The Battle of Xuzhou, which Mr. Zizhong still remembers, is probably not even a vanguard battle in this war of annihilation."

Mi Zhu was speechless. Although the Battle of Chibi was thrilling, he only had to watch, but Mi Zhu personally experienced the Battle of Xuzhou, which was indeed one of his nightmares.

The war of annihilation of the country, the disaster was so great that it was unimaginable? Mi Zhu shook his head and expressed the deepest sympathy for the people of the Southern Song Dynasty a thousand years later.

After all, as General Huang said, how could the Mongolian aliens treat the survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty well?

Liu Bei did not comment on Zhang Fei's suggestion of Jiaozhou. During the Spring Festival, when discussing the ownership of Nanjun in Jiangdong, Jiaozhou was also one of the negotiation conditions.

He said vaguely: "Let's see what the light curtain says about Xiangfan first."

As for the passing by that he had the nerve to claim the throne after defeating Xiangfan... everyone could only choose to ignore it. After all, the emperor is still in Xudu, right? How to say this.

[To talk about Xiangfan, we need to go back in time first. After all, such a big battle must have a cause.

Moreover, the records of the vicinity of Jingxiang in the Records of the Three Kingdoms before the Battle of Xiangfan are really weird:

In 210, Zhou Yu died of illness, and Jiangling City was lent to Liu Bei. Cao Cao sent Le Jin to station troops in Xiangyang to take charge of the defense of Jingzhou.

In 211, Liu Bei led more than 20,000 troops to leave Jingzhou and enter Yizhou.

Then the time jumped directly to the record of Cao Ren in 214:

Cao Ren succeeded Le Jin as the commander of Jingzhou's defense, and was appointed as the general of the Southern Expedition, and stationed troops in Fancheng. 】

"Le Jin, the brave general who ascended the mountain first!" Liu Bei had an impression of him. After all, military exploits were the best business cards.

When Liu Bei besieged Lu Bu in Xiapi, he was at the scene and saw with his own eyes that Le Jin took the flag and ascended the mountain first, fighting to the death. Cao Cao also boasted to him about this brave general many times.

Moreover, Le Jin had military exploits when Cao Cao fought Guandu and conquered Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. He was fearless.

Zhang Fei was not convinced: "Brother, even if Le Jin was fierce, wouldn't he still have to shrink in front of us?"

From the perspective of generals, Zhang Fei smelled something wrong at the first time: If Le Jin was still so fierce in Xiangyang, how could he be transferred after four years?

For such a garrison position, ten years may not be considered long!

Moreover, Cao Ren, who succeeded Le Jin, retreated to Fancheng!

Sure enough, the light curtain continued:

[What happened during this period? It can't be that Cao and Liu played house in harmony for four years, right?

Although this historical fact was hidden by the Wei historians following the principle of "no detail in victory, no detail in defeat".

But from the few words in Wenpin Le Jin's biography, we can still roughly guess a truth:

Le Jin, one of the Five Great Generals, did not have an ideal record. 】

"Ha!"

Zhang Fei slapped his thigh:

"Hahahahaha!"

"What a great victory, no detail in victory, no detail in defeat!"

"This Cao thief is very united from top to bottom!"

"Five Great Generals, such a level?"

Jiang Wan raised his head and glanced, but shook his head in his heart. Sima Qian's writing was only three hundred years, and this historian has become a person who writes in a roundabout way?

【After being replaced by Cao Ren, Le Jin was transferred to the Hefei War Zone. He held the title later than Zhang Liao, and in the records of the Three Kingdoms, Le Jin's name was after Zhang Liao.

From the top leader of Xiangyang District to the second leader of Hefei District, this position transfer is very telling.

Secondly, in 210, Le Jin was stationed in Xiangyang, and in 214, Cao Ren was stationed in Fancheng.

If you go north from Jiangling, where Liu Bei belonged at that time, the order of the cities on the road is:

Jiangling→Jingyang (Maicheng)→Dangyang (Changban)→Linju→Xiangyang→Fancheng.

It is obvious that Cao Wei's defense line is shrinking. At least Xiangyang is no longer safe as a place to station troops, which also proves the fact that Le Jin was beaten up by the second master. 】

The 3D map of the light curtain is effective again. Even people like Mi Zhu who know nothing about military tactics can understand it.

I saw that after the Han River passed Xiangfan from west to east, it became a north-south direction and merged into the Yangshui River in the east of Jiangling.

The direction of the Han River matches the mountains in the west, and a flat open space is drawn between Jiangling and Xiangfan, with several cities such as Linju scattered on it.

【Then we can try to speculate again from 210 onwards.

First of all, Liu Bei should be considered to be unstoppable after taking over Jiangling, after all, there are all the brave generals.

"Le Jin Biography" records that "he also attacked Liu Bei's Linju chief Du Pu and Jingyang chief Liang Da, and defeated them all."

That is to say, Linju and Jingyang were first taken by Liu Bei, and then recaptured by Le Jin, but how did they recapture them in the face of Liu Bei's numerous brave generals?

There is no record of Cao Cao's support troops, but Liu Bei's record is that Liu Bei brought 20,000 troops into Yizhou in 211.

So the fact is quite obvious. Liu Bei first suppressed Le Jin, but later withdrew troops into Sichuan. Jiangling was short of troops and the battle line was forced to shrink. 】

"General Zhang is as good as a god. Sure enough, Le Jin is not doing well in the war!" Huang Zhong praised, and couldn't help but admire Zhang Fei's keen sense of smell.

"Hey! It's no match for Cao Wei's historians, who wiped out our achievements with just one or two strokes!" Zhang Fei showed sarcasm.

According to the time, Zhang Fei was also in Jiangling at that time. This erased achievement might have been Zhang Fei's contribution. How could he not be angry?

Huang Yueying didn't quite understand and asked in a low voice:

"In this case, we historians should also record it later, after all..."

Everyone understands, after all, the lord later became emperor, and it is inevitable to appoint historians to record national history.

Kong Ming also couldn't figure it out: "This light curtain said before that there was a biography of Liu Feng in Shu Shu, but this Shu Shu didn't record it?"

I can't figure it out, but why do I feel that there is a big problem?

[The above is the first stage of the tug-of-war, and thus enter the second section: Wen Pin came to help.

"Wen Pin Biography": He and Le Jin fought Guan Yu at Xunkou, and he was meritorious, and was promoted to Yanshou Ting Hou, and was given the title of General of Suppressing Rebellion.

"Le Jin Biography" does not record any battle of Xunkou.

As the battle for Wen Pin to be made a marquis, it is certain that Wen Pin must have made great contributions, but there is no mention of it in the same Le Jin Biography.

What did that sentence say? If you lose, you will use the Spring and Autumn style. From this, we can speculate:

After the defense line was reduced, the second master attacked with the navy, and Le Jin blocked the second master at Xunkou, but was beaten violently.

At the critical moment, the reinforcement Wen Pin arrived to support successfully, and he was successfully awarded the title of Marquis for this merit.

But it should be noted that this merit is purely for support, and did not repel the Second Master, because the last record of this battle in the Biography of Wen Pin is:

"He also attacked the baggage of Yu at Hanjin and burned his ships at Jingcheng"

Hanjin and Jingcheng are both in the east of Dangyang, relying on the Han River, which means that the position of the battle line has not changed. 】

Huang Zhong squinted and understood:

"The lord took away the army's baggage, so Le Jin was able to recapture Linju Jingyang."

"After that, General Guan faced Le Jin and was likely to win a big victory."

"Facing the joint efforts of Le Jin and Wen Pin, General Guan still prevented the other side from making an inch of progress!"

"I am much worse than General Guan!"

Zhang Fei accurately grasped the key point: "Navy?"

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Jingxiang was a prerequisite battle for Xiangfan. After all, Guan Yu’s navy could not suddenly grow out of the ground.